Poll: Only 10% of Americans expect Supreme Court to uphold all of ObamaCare

But even before we poll the only nine votes that count — the members of the Supreme Court — pollsters have asked Americans what they think the justices will do.

The answer: Almost nobody expects the sweeping health-care law to survive the high court unscathed.

Just 10 percent of all Americans tell an Economist/YouGov poll that the justices will side with President Obama. Democratic loyalists aren’t much more optimistic; just 15 percent of Obama’s party has confidence that he will prevail tomorrow.

The largest bloc of voters — 33 percent — say they expect the court to uphold portions of the law but strike down the requirement that Americans either buy insurance or pay a fine, the poll finds.

Another 18 percent believe that the court will strike down the entire law and send Congress back to the drawing board.

Source: Economist/YouGov poll

Considering how much attention the case has gotten, a huge portion of the electorate isn’t ready to hazard a guess. Forty percent of voters say they’re not sure how the court will rule.

While there is a widespread belief that the law will be changed or abolished, the country is close to evenly divided on the merits of ObamaCare.

Thirty-four percent want the law to be expanded or kept as-is, according to the Economist/YouGov poll. Thirty-nine percent would repeal it.

Not surprisingly, there is a yawning partisan divide: 78 percent of Republicans would repeal the law immediately, while 62 percent of Democrats want to keep the law or expand it.

The central feature of the law, the individual mandate, is disliked by most Americans. Just 22 percent of voters think it is constitutional, while 53 percent say it is unconstitutional, according to the Economist/YouGov poll.